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I just realized I can finally upload this! I believe I drew this Irena almost exactly a year ago. But now that Mischief and Monsters is published, y'all know who she is!

Tune in to Mischief and Monsters this Sunday! It'll be our 8th episode which means I took over editing. Mark your calendar!!

Pose is referenced from Adorkastock. You can find them on dA, Instagram, and tiktok :D

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ANNOUNCEMENT EVERYONE!!!!!!

It's been a hot minute since I posted but that's because I've been focusing on nothing but big projects lately. AND HERE'S ONE OF THEM! A PODCAST!!!!

That's right! My two best friends and I are playing Monster of the Week in our podcast "Mischief and Monsters." Available anywhere you listen to podcasts 👀 And updates every 2 weeks on Sunday!

To celebrate the release, I have my original concept drawings for our two main characters. Though these designs don't necessarily have to be canon, these are the Irena and Mercy that I imagine. Go check us out, and bear with the first episode as we get our legs, haha.

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I've been recently obsessed with revising this old story of mine. So in honor of that, here's a semi-recent lighting study involving one of the characters. You might recognize her from an earlier post ;)

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Hey everyone! Sorry I've been a bit radio silent. My motivation jumped into ocean, and I had to fish it back out. But here are some drawings from this year's ArtFight! I feel like I'm getting a hang of alcohol markers even though I obviously have a ways to go. But I don't hate how the coloring came out.

First character belongs to yelecx on Instagram

Second character belongs to Dtwakat on ArtFight and DeviantArt.

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I'm currently still adjusting to my new job, so I haven't been working on much other than my comic. However, I brought my sketchbook to work to change that. Here's a sketch I did whilst sitting at the desk. It's my rendition of the default beach cave background for Windows. While staring at it for the hours of my shift, I thought it could use some characters so I added a human and a lorge long-tailed mermaid. I imagine they have a forbidden love.

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Man I've been posting a lot of yellow backgrounds. I promise that's not the only color I use for backdrops lol.

Here's a preview and progress sketches for The Stolen Gods. This comic is all I've been drawing since I've started work. Be sure to subscribe on Tapas so you don't miss an update!

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I promised you more boys in skirts, and I finally deliver! Ironically, another alt disaster bi named Julian.

And good news guys! I actually got a job!!! It'll take me a while to get into the groove of things (especially since I'll have to wake up before 5am now). But if I keep my work flow the same, I think I should be able to update the Stolen Gods every week instead of biweekly. I'm giving myself a grace period to get my shiz together.

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There was a bit of a glitch with the upload time, but I fixed it. Here's a link to the series page!

Check out The Stolen Gods on Tapas! :D

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It's happening people!!! I'm starting on Tapas with one post every other Wednesday at 2 pm EST (or 1 pm CDT). Check out The Stolen Gods first page tomorrow :D

I hope to some day upload every week, but I still have to find work to support my bills. I'll be creating a patreon soon, though it'd probably be a hot minute and require a lot of luck to have enough patreon support to post weekly. Either way, I'll put a link in my bio when it's created.

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Here's my current thumbnail that I'll likely be using for my comic, The Stolen Gods. I think I'll be uploading pages on Tapas when I'm ready to start posting. Though it'll also prolly be available on tumblr. I've got a few more things to complete, but we're in the final stages.

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More out-of-context previews! Lining the cover art now :D

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More previews! Almost done with my backlog. My main obstacles now is coming up with a cover page (and making myself less yellow so I don't blend in with the wall, haha). Look forward to updates and even more previews!

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And finally, we are caught up to my insta.

Here are two previews from my upcoming comic. They're not finalized yet, so there are indeed some things I need to clean up here. But hey! I'm in the process of creating a small backlog, and then I'll actually start uploading the pages! Woooo

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Day 6 of catching up to my instagram. Only one more tomorrow!

At this point, I was drawing old OCs in skirts to relieve my stress. This is one of my oldest characters. I've had him since middle school, and he's been my favorite for that long too. Don't know why. Maybe I just like his style. But this is Raiden, and he's my alt/bi disaster lad.

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Day 5 of catching up to my instagram!

Comic updates! That's right! I started the detail sketching progress because all the basic drafts are done for chapter 1! I've even started coloring the first few pages, but those previews will be posted in a few days 👀

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Day 4, catching up to my instagraaam.

Here we have the day I got to play with Ohuhu markers for the first time. Very nice. And this is one of the main characters from my upcoming comic! Check back for updates on that ;)

Top half of the pose from AdorkaStock:

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Day 3 of catching up to my instagram!

These are more characters from my upcoming homebrew campaign! They're the old party, the Missionaries of Revival, that would go on to kill all the gods in the realm except for Rowena. In other words, my PCs will be cleaning up after their mess.